Mohit Bhende
Mohit Bhende is the Co-Founder and CEO at Karat and serves as a Board Member at Seattle Academy. He founded Karat, a startup that is still running, and his expertise includes leadership in the Human + AI era and workforce talent evaluation.
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Seattle Startup Karat Acquires Byteboard to Enhance Technical Talent Assessment Platform
Seattle-based technical talent platform Karat has acquired San Francisco startup Byteboard, known for its project-based engineering interview tool. This marks Karat's third acquisition in two years as it integrates Byteboard's AI-enabled assessments with its human-plus-technology approach to improve technical hiring.
GeekWire updates Seattle list as Highspot raises $248M at $3.5B; SeekOut and Icertis added to 16 local unicorns
GeekWire updated its list of Seattle-area 'unicorn' startups (privately held companies valued at $1B+) after additions and a valuation change for Icertis, noting recent entrants like SeekOut and Highspot, which raised $248 million at a $3.5 billion valuation. The article highlights that the Seattle cohort includes 16 unicorns, none led by a female or Black CEO, and that many CEOs have Microsoft backgrounds amid a global surge in unicorns and venture funding.
Mohit Bhende
Mohit “Mo” Bhende, Co-founder of Karat, loves connecting with people and interviewing, so it’s no surprise he found a pain point in the industry and founded the company in 2014. Karat has created the category of Interview Engineering and has conducted over 60,000 technical interviews on behalf of clients including Intuit, Wayfair, Indeed and Pinterest. In addition to his career journey and his learnings from Karat, Mo shares stories from his unique upbringing in India, how he got rejected from 12 of the 13 colleges he applied to, his passion for skiing and how he’s restructured his days since becoming…
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Seattle Academy Board Member 2025–present · current
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Karat Co-Founder & CEO 2014–present · current
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Karat CEO · current
Education
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The Wharton School MBA
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University of Cambridge MPhil, Game Theory
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Penn State University B.Sc. (Honors Program), Math and Economics
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The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Visiting Student (Junior Year Abroad), Game Theory and Economics
